I bet part of this is to get small farmers to sell out to big companies.
Straight up: I’m not onboard with farmers getting another bailout when so many voted for Trump two and three times. But what Trump is doing to them is brutal. I want to believe they’ve learned their lesson this time, but I don’t.Watch all the way through.
— Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) 2025-10-02T02:41:58.012Z
More pain for US farmers as government shutdown halts payments reut.rs/46Itt8Z
— Reuters (@reuters.com) 2025-10-01T22:35:11Z
Then why are you providing a $20 billion bailout to Argentina and helping them cut deals with China that crush American soybean farmers?
— Elizabeth Warren (@warren.senate.gov) 2025-10-01T20:30:15.868Z
US farmers are saying they "just need temporary help, until things get better."Here's the thing. US farm exports- which are mostly soy- CANNOT get better.Other countries expanded their soy industries to fill China's demand.We've walled ourselves out of the global market, folks. This is it.
— Sarah Taber (@sarahtaber.bsky.social) 2025-09-30T22:40:36.121Z
"This is just like setting the farm on fire and then sending in the firefighters. You solve the problem, but there's a much simpler way."– Me, on the coming bailout for farmers hurt by the trade war:
— Justin Wolfers (@justinwolfers.bsky.social) 2025-09-28T18:52:02.364Z
Farmers planted in April or May. They have to sell in the next couple months. There isn’t any way they can react to the Trump havoc. http://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/b…
— Timothy Snyder (@timothysnyder.bsky.social) 2025-09-28T00:10:54.511Z
Sad! 